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Authors often ask the Books Forward team: How important is it to have an email newsletter? Do I really need one? I don’t even know where to start! How do I build my email list subscribers? What do I use an email newsletter for exactly? What should my newsletter look like? As you grow your […]
What can we say, Books Forward authors are always going, going, going! We’re excited to feature some of our authors and their recent media wins in May 2024. Excerpts/features An excerpt from Dr. Ronald Ruff’s book Raising Children to Thrive was featured in Newsweek’s My Turn section. Spiritual Media Blog recently featured an excerpt from […]
Doctor Who is back with a brand new face. We can’t wait to see Ncuti Gatwa’s take on the Doctor! While we were waiting for the return, here are some of the books we’ve been reading with the same kind of quirky, moving time-travel adventures. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Seconds […]
Keeping things fresh on social media can be a challenge! Creativity comes and goes, and not every idea works for every author. Here are some creative ideas you can throw onto your platforms when you’ve run out of posts. Make Creative Book Trailers Video is king on social media nowadays. That means having a book […]
For our 2024 blog series, we’re highlighting industry professionals to find out more about their time in the book world. Follow along for insight on what catches a reviewer’s interest, things to avoid when pitching a media outlet, what librarians are searching for and more. Today, we’re chatting with Sachiko Suzuki, the sensitivity reader chair […]
The Idea of You was a bookstagram darling when it came out a few years ago — ostensibly fan fiction about an older woman meeting a Harry Styles-type pop star when bringing her daughter to one of his concerts and falling for him? Tantalizing. And now that it’s being turned into a movie with two […]
Creating an author brand can be tricky — it’s supposed to be you, but which parts of you? An author brand is all about how you present yourself to the world. Your brand identity encompasses your personality and expertise. In other words, how you make people feel and what you make them think about. Think […]
Happy birthday, Shakespeare! Maybe. If a bunch of old records are correct. Who’s to say? We’ll never know. Well, we’re celebrating either way by picking up one of these retellings of some of his greatest hits! Romeo and Juliet These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong The year is 1926, and a blood feud between two […]
The dreaded negative review is an unfortunate if realistic part of putting a book out into the world. Every book gets them, so try not to feel too disheartened! One author I worked with said she didn’t feel like a “real writer” until she got her first negative review — “at least someone read my […]
For our 2024 blog series, we’re highlighting industry professionals to find out more about their time in the book world. Follow along for insight on what catches a reviewer’s interest, things to avoid when pitching a media outlet, what librarians are searching for and more. Today, we’re chatting with Magdalena Ball, a novelist, poet, reviewer, […]
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